W101 \u2013 EQ8 Designing A Quilt<\/p>\n\n\n\n W118 \u2013 Triangles, Parallelograms, And Trapezoids. OH MY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n T101 \u2013 EQ8 Designing Blocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n T114 \u2013 Scattering Triangles<\/p>\n\n\n\n F101 \u2013 Churned-Up<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nancy Arico knew she\u2019d be a quilter. Back in the 70\u2019s, she first gave quilting a try when she was in high school. Nancy had bought a book called \u201cModern Quilting\u201d and set out to make a star block with templates and hand stitching. Well, she never finished that block but her love of quilts stay with her. Finally, about 12 years ago, Nancy decided she would give quilting another try. She signed up for a \u201cLearn to Quilt\u201d class at a local shop. After using rotary cutters and doing machine piecing, this time around, she \u201cwas hooked!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before becoming a quilt teacher, Nancy\u2019s first love was math. Her occupation was as an actuary, a \u201ckind of mathematician.\u201d Consequently, Nancy loves the math aspect of quilting. Some of her classes use the EQ8 to design quilts and blocks. She also likes to teach classes focusing on geometric shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Nancy Arico\u2019s oldest son went to college, she wasted no time taking over his room with her sewing and quilting. She added some Ikea furniture and a cutting table made from a door to make it complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She still uses that room, but a couple years ago, she opened a studio. Her original plan was to offer both the fabric artist and the student a place to connect and create. However, the Coronavirus quickly changed her model and now it is more of a quilting studio \u2013 with lights, cameras, and computers to make online teaching possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since March, Nancy has been doing Zoom, sewing, Zoom, sewing\u2026\u2026 At first, she was \u201cthrilled\u201d to have everything on her calendar get cancelled so she could finish up several UFOs. But it didn\u2019t take long for Nancy to start offering some Zoom classes and gatherings. Now, her calendar is full again \u2013 with teaching — and she has to make time to squeeze in some sewing and quilting as much as she can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nancy says she has learned two valuable lessons from other quilters during the pandemic: \u201c1) to look at what joy I am getting out of my time, even if there is nothing tangible to show for it. And 2) to allow my ideas time to develop at their own pace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to 2019, most of Nancy Arico\u2019s teaching was sharing what she was learning with her guild and quilt friends. Since then, she has been teaching in person and online a few times every month. She has really developed her Zoom technique of teaching to ensure that everyone in her classes \u201cgets a front row seat.\u201d Says Nancy, \u201cI use 1 or 2 additional cameras to show my work table and sewing machine as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nancy is looking forward to \u201cmeeting new people and encouraging others to look beyond a pattern to the possibilities.\u201d She hopes her students will find \u201csome new ways of looking at a quilt and how to make it their own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Nancy](\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EQ8-Nancy-Arico.png\")
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